Chalk-holder.



S. MOGOWAN & L. LINE.

CHALK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZG, 1012.

1,072,247, Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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SCOTT MGGOWAN AND LESTER LINE, OF DAYTON, OI-IIO.

CHALK-HOLDER.

Application filed June 26, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SCo'r'r MoGowAN and Lns'rnn LINE, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chalk-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a chalk holder for use in connection with the game of pool and billiards for holding the chalk in convenient position for chalking the one.

The invention embodies, among other features, a casing adapted to contain the chalk employed in chalking the tip of the cue, the casing being arranged so that when the chalk is placed therein and the casing is closed, the casing cannot be reopened for the purpose of extracting the chalk therefrom until the chalk has been almost entirely used or becomes unfit for further use.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the casing in closed position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the casing in open position; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken transversely through the sections, and showing the relative arrangement thereof. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken through the casing, looking at the inner face of the locking member; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the chalk used in connection with the device.

Referring more particularly to the views, we employ a casing 10 consisting of a plurality of sections 11, 12, one section being mounted to swing on the other and each section being preferably formed of a single piece of material, an end of the section 11 being provided with hinge members 13 formed with the section 11 and an end of the section 12 being provided with a hinge member 1 1 formed with the section 12, a vertically extending pintle 15 being mounted to extend through the hinge members 18, 1 1 to form the pivotal connection between the sections 11, 12.

The upper portion of the section 12 has formed therewith a plate 16 provided with a supporting ring 17, an edge of the plate Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

Serial No. 706,056.

being adapted to overlap the upper face of the section 11 when the casing is in closed position, as will be readily uinlerstood, the mentioned sections 11, 12 being provided with cut away portions 18, 19 forming a circular opening, through which the tip of the one is passed when it is desired to chalk the same.

Projected from the end of the section H is a spring-like locking member 20 having a knob 21 thereon, the said locking member being adapted to extend into a recess 2 provided in a head 23 formed on the section 12, the said head being n-ovided with an extension 21 adapted to overlap the section 11 when the sections are relatively moved into closed position.

The opening formed by the cut away portions 18, 19 oil. the sections 11 and 12 is made sutliciently large to permit of inserting the tip end of the one in the casing for the purpose of chalking the same, the said opening being arranged to form a flange 25 on the section 11 and a flange 26 on the section 12, said flanges being arranged horizontally and projecting across the lower face of the chalk to prevent the chalk from falling out of the casing.

In the use of the device, the sections are first opened as shown in Fig. 2 and a piece of chalk 27, shown in Fig. 5, is then placed in the section 11, after which the sections are moved into closed position, thus causing the locking member 20 to move into the recess 22 and lock the free ends of the sec tions. The holder is now suspended from the ceiling by securing a cord to the ring 17 and to the ceiling and when it is desired to use the holder, the same is grasped in one hand and the tip end of the cue is inserted in the opening :tormcd by the cut away portions 18. By arranging the locking member 20 on the inner face of the section 11 it will be seen that after the chalk has been placed within the casing and the sections have been locked, it will be impossible to remove the chalk from the casing until the same has been almost entirely used or is unlit for further use. \Vhen the chalk has been almost used and is unlit for further use, a pointed instrument, such as a pin or the like, can be inserted in the casing and the chalk can be bro-ken away adjacent the looking member 20, thus permitting the insertion of the pin beneath the locking member to force the same out of the slot 22, thus unlocking the section 12 from the section 11 so that the casing can be thrown into open position and the remainder of the used chalk extracted therefrom, after which a new piece of chalk is inserted in the casing and the same is closed in the manner mentioned heretofore.

Although we have described the sections 11, 12 as being each preferably made of a single piece of material, it will be readily understood that the sections can be constructed in any convenient manner without departing from the spirit of the invention and that the scope of the invention is defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. A chalk holder comprising a casing consisting of a plurality of similar hingedly connected sections, a plate extended from one of the sections and adapted to overlap the other section, a ring carried by the plate, and a locking member on one of the said sections and adapted for engagement with the other section to secure the section in relatively locked position.

2. A chalk holder comprising a casing consisting of a plurality of similar hingedly connected sections, a plate projecting from one of the sections and adapted to overlap the other, a ring carried by the plate, and a spring-like locking member carried by one of the sections to engage the other section and secure the said sections in relatively locked position.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a casing consisting of similar hingedly connected sections, each formed of a single piece of material and providing a. casing adapted to contain a piece of chalk, and locking means carried by one of the sections to engage the other section for securing the sections in locked position, the said locking means being arranged to prevent the said sections from being opened eXteriorly after the said chalk has been placed within the said sections.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

SCOTT MOGO'VVAN.

LESTER LINE.

WVitnesses:

HARRY R. C0011, MARY A. TOMLINSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing, the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C. 

